🏛️ TDLR Texas Licensed Contractor Scraper

🚀 Collect licensed contractor data from the Texas TDLR database in minutes. Search by license type, number, business name, owner name, city, county, or ZIP. Export license details, status, and contact info. No coding, no TDLR account required.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23 · 📊 15+ fields per contractor · 🔍 8 search filters · 📋 Multiple license types · 🚫 No auth required

The TDLR Texas Licensed Contractor Scraper collects licensed professional data from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), returning 15+ fields per record: business name, owner name, license number, license type, status, address, city, county, ZIP, phone, and expiration date. Runs support up to 1,000,000 records on a paid plan.

The Actor supports 8 search filters: license type, license number, business name, owner name, ZIP code, city, county, and technician type. TDLR licenses cover electricians, HVAC techs, plumbers, elevator mechanics, and dozens of other regulated trades in Texas.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Compliance officers, construction PMs, general contractors, insurance adjusters, legal teams, home inspectors	License verification, compliance audits, subcontractor sourcing, lead generation, market research

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📋 What the TDLR Scraper does

Eight search filters:

• 📋 License type filter. Electrician, HVAC, plumber, elevator mechanic, and dozens more.
• 🆔 License number lookup. Search by exact license number.
• 🏢 Business name search. Find contractors by company name.
• 👤 Owner name search. Search by license holder name.
• 📮 ZIP code filter. Narrow to a specific postal code.
• 🏙️ City filter. Search by Texas city.
• 🏳️ County filter. Search by Texas county.
• 🔧 Technician type. Specific technician classification.

Each record includes business name, owner name, license number, license type, status, address, city, county, ZIP, phone, expiration date, and TDLR detail URL.

💡 Why it matters: verifying Texas contractor licenses through the TDLR website means searching one at a time. This Actor exports verified license data in bulk, ready for your compliance checks, subcontractor databases, or lead pipelines.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
maxItems	integer	10	Max contractors. Free: limited. Paid: up to 1,000,000.
licenseType	string	""	License type: Electrician, HVAC, Plumber, etc.
licenseNumber	string	""	Exact license number.
businessName	string	""	Search by business name.
ownerName	string	""	Search by license holder name.
zipCode	string	""	ZIP code filter.
city	string	""	Texas city filter.
county	string	""	Texas county filter.
technicianType	string	""	Technician classification.

Example: electricians in Houston.

{
    "licenseType": "Electrician",
    "city": "Houston",
    "maxItems": 100
}

Example: HVAC contractors in Dallas County.

{
    "licenseType": "Air Conditioning and Refrigeration",
    "county": "Dallas",
    "maxItems": 50
}

⚠️ Good to Know: TDLR covers Texas-specific licenses. License types and classifications follow TDLR's official naming. For California contractors, check our CSLB California Contractor Scraper.

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📊 Output

Each contractor record contains 15+ fields. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
🏢 businessName	string	"Texas Electric Co."
👤 ownerName	string	"John Smith"
🆔 licenseNumber	string	"TECL-12345"
📋 licenseType	string	"Electrician"
✅ status	string	"Active"
📍 address	string	"123 Main St"
🏙️ city	string	"Houston"
🏳️ county	string	"Harris"
📮 zipCode	string	"77001"
📞 phone	string	"(713) 555-1234"
📅 expirationDate	string	"12/31/2027"
🔗 tdlrUrl	string	"https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/..."
🕒 scrapedAt	ISO 8601	"2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z"

📦 Sample records

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
📋	Multiple license types. Electricians, HVAC, plumbers, elevator mechanics, and more.
🔍	8 search filters. License type, number, name, city, county, ZIP, and technician type.
✅	License verification. Status and expiration date per contractor.
📞	Contact data. Business name, owner, address, and phone.
🔗	TDLR detail links. Direct URL to the official TDLR record.
⚡	Scalable. From single lookups to city-wide sweeps.
🚫	No authentication. No TDLR account needed.

📊 TDLR regulates over 800,000 licensees across dozens of trade categories in Texas. Structured access to this data powers every compliance audit, subcontractor sourcing, and lead-generation workflow in the state.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ TDLR Texas Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	All TDLR licenses	Live per run	type, number, name, location	⚡ 2 min
Manual TDLR website	Free	One at a time	Manual	Basic UI	🕒 Hours per batch
Paid contractor databases	$100-500/month	Multi-state	Varies	Many	⏳ Days

Pick this Actor when you want Texas contractor license data on demand, with filters applied, without browsing one record at a time.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the TDLR Texas Licensed Contractor Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Pick a license type, enter a city or county, and set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

🏗️ General Contractors & PMs Verify subcontractor licenses before hiring Source specialty trades by city or county Monitor license expirations for active subs Build qualified contractor databases	📊 Compliance & Legal Audit license status for project compliance Verify licenses before contract signing Track license changes across vendor lists Build compliance workflows
📈 Sales & Lead Generation Build outreach lists by trade and city Target specific license types for product sales Identify new contractors by recent license dates Segment by type for targeted marketing	🏠 Insurance & Real Estate Verify contractor licenses for renovation work Check license status for underwriting Monitor regional contractor databases Build contractor coverage reports

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan to run this actor?

No. You can start right now on the free Apify plan, which includes $5 in free monthly credit. That is enough to run this actor several times and explore the output before committing to anything. Paid plans unlock higher limits, more concurrent runs, and larger datasets. Create a free Apify account here to get started.

🚨 What happens if my run fails or returns no results?

Failed runs are not charged. If the source site changes, proxies get rate-limited, or a specific input matches nothing, re-run the actor or open our contact form and we will investigate. You can also check the run log in the Apify console to see why the run stopped.

📏 How many items can I scrape per run?

Free users are limited to 10 items per run so you can preview the output and confirm the actor works for your use case. Paid users can raise maxItems up to 1,000,000 per run. Upgrade here if you need full scale.

🕒 How fresh is the data?

Every run fetches live data at the moment of execution. There is no cache or delay: the records you get reflect what the source returned at that moment. Schedule the actor to maintain a rolling snapshot of the data you need.

🧑‍💻 Can I call this actor from my own code?

Yes. Apify exposes every actor as a REST endpoint and ships first-class SDKs for Node.js and Python. You can start a run, read the dataset, and handle webhooks from your own app in a few lines. All you need is your Apify API token.

📤 How do I export the data?

Every Apify dataset can be downloaded in one click from the console as CSV, JSON, JSONL, Excel, HTML, XML, or RSS. You can also pull results programmatically via the Apify API or stream them into BigQuery, S3, and other destinations through built-in integrations.

📅 Can I schedule the actor to run automatically?

Yes. Use the Apify scheduler to run the actor on any cadence, from hourly to monthly. Results are saved to your dataset and can be delivered to webhooks, email, Slack, cloud storage, or automation tools such as Zapier and Make.

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🔌 Automating TDLR Texas Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically for scheduled runs and pipeline integrations:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval. Monthly pulls keep your contractor database in sync.

🔌 Integrate with any app

TDLR Texas Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe contractor data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for more licensing and regulatory scrapers.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) or the State of Texas. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available license data is collected.